Improvement in bill-files



A aww UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN B. ALDERSON, OF SAN JOS, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BILL-FILES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,501, dated March 9,1875 application tiled January 23, 1875.

GAsE A.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN B. ALBER- sON, of San J os, Santa Claracounty, State of California, have invented a Bill-File; and I do herebydeclare the following description and accompanying drawings aresufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to whichit most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention withoutfurther in vention or experiment.

My invention relates to certain improvements in temporary bill les orholders, such as are employed to carry bills, letters, or other papersfor present reference; and it consists in the formation of a groove orslot extending along both portions ot' the hinged front, so that a penor pencil can lie in this groove, and a single elastic strap about themiddle of the holder will press the pencil against the hinged front, soas to keep it closed Without the necessity of an additional strap. Italso consists in the use of a temporary memorandum slate or tablet uponthe inside of the hinged leat'.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for 'a more complete explanationof my invention,

Figure l is a View of my le closed. Fig. 2 is a View of my tile opened.

A is the back, and B O is the hinged front, of a bill-holder fortemporary use. These are made of any suitable stift' card-board or othermaterial. The parts are usually held together by two elastic bands, onenear the bottom, while the other surrounds the upper part, and pre ventsthe hinged leaf O from turning down. This is inconvenient, as itnecessitates the removal of the upperstrap when it is desired to examinethe contained papers. In my improved holder I form a groove or slot, dd, eX- tending lengthwise of the holder, so that part of it lies in theportion B and part in the leaf O of the hinged front. A single elasticstrap, E, encircles the holder below the hinge, and a pen or pencil, F,is placed in the groove d beneath the stra-p. The tension of this strapholds the pencil tightly against the two parts B and O, and this forms arigid bar, to prevent the leaf O from falling open, while the grooveretains the pencil in its upright position. It will thus be seen that inorder to eX- aniine the contained papers it is only necessary to removethe pencil or turn it to one side, when the leaf will fall back. Thepencil can also be drawn out easily for the purpose of making anymemorandum or receipting bills.

For the purposes of temporary memorandums I construct a slate or tablet,H, Within the leaf O, so that when this leaf falls back the slate willbe exposed, and can at any time be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The hinged front B O of a paper-holder, having the groove or slot d dextending across both parts, in combination with the rigid bar F andsingle elastic strap E, substantially as and for the purpose hereindescribed.

EEANKLiN B. ALDEnsoN. i

Witnesses:

JN0. L. BooNE, C. M. RICHARDSON.

